Butte County men possessing stolen property arrested Thursday in Chico

Chico >> Two Butte County men allegedly in possession of stolen property were arrested Thursday morning in the 1500 block of Boucher Street.

The men, Chico resident Richard Dean Cook, 22, and Donald Matthew Evans, 25, of Forest Ranch, were detained without incident at about 8:30 a.m., after a woman reported that two men had pulled into her driveway and were acting suspicious, according to a press release from the Chico Police Department.

The female caller provided police with a vehicle description and a license plate, and a dispatcher allegedly recognized that the vehicle description and license plate somewhat matched a vehicle in an earlier incident, according to Chico police.

At about 7:45 a.m., police received a report that two men stole a box of car parts from a vehicle on West 18th Street.

The victim in that case allegedly saw the two men leave in a Honda sedan and gave police the first two letters of the license plate, according to the press release. Officers were responding to that incident when the resident at Boucher Street called 9-1-1.

Cook was arrested for an outstanding felony warrant for a prior possession of stolen property case, as well as on suspicion of receiving stolen property, criminal conspiracy, possession of a controlled substance and prowling. Evans was arrested on suspicion of conspiracy, possession of stolen property and prowling.